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SNP infrastructure minister Derek Mackay said: “Labour’s complicated, unfair
and unworkable plans would hit low and middle-income earners hardest. They
cannot deny that over two million people, including almost half a million
pensioners, will be hit by their tax hike.

“Labour’s proposals shift the burden of Tory austerity onto working people
across the country.”

Labour says adding 1p to every tax rate in Scotland would raise around half a
billion pounds annually — enough to head off the sweeping council cuts
planned by Finance Secretary John Swinney.

Ms Dugdale says the cash would save local authority jobs.

She appealed to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday to “work together to
avoid these cuts”.

andrew.nicoll@the-sun.co.uk

Ruth: trust's at risk after Google deal

RUTH Davidson believes the Chancellor risks shattering public trust in the
Government by allowing multi- national giants like Google to decide their
own tax rates.

She fears George Osborne could be playing into the hands of extremists.

Ms Davidson said: “How can it be fair when families across the UK see money
taken off their pay cheque every month before it even reaches them — only to
see multinationals able to dictate the sums they pay?

“The danger is it adds to the sense of simmering indignation many people feel,
and that helps extremists hoping to exploit that resentment for their own
narrow purposes.”